Nathan Eddy

Virtualization and cloud infrastructure specialist VMware announced the release of two editions of its latest iteration of its Fusion application delivery platform, Fusion 5 and Fusion 5 Professional. The platform has been revamped to take advantage of new technologies only available in Mountain Lion, Windows 8 and the latest Macs, and both versions are available […]

iStudiez Pro ($0.99) Keep track of lectures and lab schedules, when essays and reports are due, plan homework and add contact information for instructors—then link it across your devices and plug it into your calendar app. WolframAlfa ($1.99) This app is the key to solving mathematical puzzles, access to statistics and data analysis, astronomy, earth […]

Communications giant AT&T announced it is extending its mobile-device-management solution to its small- and midsize-business customers as a growing number of organizations adopt bring-your-own-device initiatives but struggle with securing personal devices and protecting corporate data from security breaches. Available for businesses with as few as 20 employees, AT&T’s mobile-device-management (MDM) solutions make it possible for […]

Businesses of all sizes continue to struggle to find a solution for dealing with the growing volume of information flowing into their databases-a mountain of files and figures known as big data. Although that load of information can make businesses smarter, open data will be far more consequential for increasing revenue and business value, analysts […]

Making Tracks On Wednesday, Aug. 22, Curiosity completed its first test drive on Mars, leaving tread marks on the planet’s dusty, rocky surface. Laser Show These are images taken before and after the Curiosity rover shot its laser 50 times at rocks on the surface, taken by the instrument’s remote micro-imager (RMI). Leaving a Mark […]

Mobile workers experience shockingly high roaming charges in the course of the year, with the average cost of their monthly data roaming bill hitting $1,089, according to the quarterly Mobile Workforce Report published by mobility services provider iPass. The report, which was based on a survey of nearly 1,200 mobile enterprise employees worldwide, found 43 […]

Service-centric IT management specialist Neebula Systems announced the launch of ServiceWatch, a cloud-based discovery and dependency mapping platform that automates the service modeling process, mapping all IT infrastructure components, including hardware and software, providing IT administrators with a single-pane dashboard view into the health of critical services. The company is also offering a free 30-day […]

Beleaguered BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion disputed a report on tech blog Boy Genius Report, which stated the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) would be incompatible with the company’s latest line of smartphones and operating system software, BlackBerry 10. This would force businesses to require two servers to operate the latest BlackBerry devices as well as […]

Small-business storage solutions specialist Drobo announced the latest refresh of its flagship Drobo B1200i storage appliance, which combines solid-state drive (SSD) technology alongside traditional hard-disk drives (SAS or Serial ATA). The upgrade is available as a free download to existing B1200i customers and is geared toward Tier 2 storage and backup for departments in larger […]

Data security specialist Sophos released AP 5, the latest version of its wireless access point (WAP), which supports up to five users and connects via a USB port to the company’s Remote Ethernet Device (RED) to create a secured wireless branch-office solution aimed at small and midsize businesses (SMBs). At the main office, wireless security […]

Thanks to a Skype software update, sharing photos via of the popular voice over Internet Protocol service is now possible on Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The photo-sharing feature allows users to directly share photos taken with the iPhone or iPad camera and send them to contacts through the Skype application. The service could also help […]

Storage networking specialist Marvell Semiconductor and flash memory storage solutions specialist SanDisk announced their collaboration on a family of microservers designed for enterprise cloud storage, which will combine Marvell’s ARM reference design with SanDisk’s Serial ATA (SATA) solid-state drive (SSD) modules. Aimed at I/O)-intensive environments, the servers feature Marvell quad core ARM-based Armada XP system-on-a-chip […]